Nicole Collins

Nicole Collins
Born1962 (age 63–64)
EducationUniversity of Guelph
University of Toronto
SpouseMichael Davidson
Websitewww.nicolecollins.com

Nicole Collins (born 1962) is a contemporary Canadian artist whose work, which takes the form of painting, performance, video, and sound, explores the effect of time, accumulation, force and heat on visceral materials. She currently teaches at OCAD University.

Education

She earned a BA in fine arts from University of Guelph in 1988 and an MA in visual studies from University of Toronto in 2009.

Artistic career

Collins has shown her work internationally, in galleries in Canada, America, Japan, Switzerland, and England. In 2013, Collins and her husband Michael Davidson began an art gallery in their living room at 26 McKenzie Crescent, Toronto.

Solo exhibitions

Year Exhibition Gallery Location
1994 Marked Women’s Art Resource Centre Toronto
Blessure Gallery 788
1998 Given Wynick/Tuck Gallery
2000 Path Wynick/Tuck Gallery
2001 one mark Wynick/Tuck Gallery
2002 sample Canadian Embassy Gallery Tokyo
2003 branch Wynick/Tuck Gallery Toronto
2004 Dimension Halde Gallery Zurich
2006 Stroke for Stroke Wynick/Tuck Gallery Toronto
2018 Furthest Boundless Koffler Gallery

Source

Group exhibitions

Year Show Gallery Location
1989 University of Guelph fine arts graduate 25th anniversary alumni show MacDonald Centre Guelph, Onatario
1990 Housing: A Right Powerplant Toronto
1991 Roundup 91 Toronto
CKOC Annual juried exhibition Art Gallery of Hamilton Hamilton, Ontario
Chambermade Embassy Hotel London, Ontario
1992 Contemporary Canadian Painting L’Etude Ader Tajan Paris
Roundup 92 80 Spadina Ave Toronto
Fleshcase installation Embassy Hotel London, Ontario
1993 Look ’93 annual juried exhibition Gallery Lambton Sarnia, Ontario
Cabinet des Curiosites La Chambre Blanche Quebec City, Quebec
Cover Me - site specific store-front installation 488 Queen Street W. Toronto
1994 Merging XVI Gallery 788 Toronto
Mud 59 Adelaide East Toronto
1995 Art with Heart Casey House benefit auction Linda Genereux Gallery Toronto
Juicy Fruit The Koffler Gallery North York, Toronto
1996 Juicy Fruit Art Gallery of Durham Durham, Ontario
GLO Archive Inc. Toronto
Group show Archive Digital Art Library Toronto
1997 Summer Gallery artists exhibition Wynick Tuck Gallery Toronto
R&D (Research & Development) York Quay Gallery Toronto
Colour in the Square Wynick Tuck Gallery Toronto
International Juried Exhibition of Encaustic Works The Gallery at R&F Kingston, New York, USA
Art with Heart Casey House benefit auction Leo Kamen and Wynick/Tuck Galleries Toronto
Advent Wynick Tuck Gallery Toronto
1998 Nicole Collins, Michael Davidson, Sheila Gregory, Milly Ristvedt: Painting James Baird Gallery St. John’s NF
Informal Ideas 98.2, 14 Degrees of Abstraction Wynick/Tuck Gallery Toronto
Layers Wynick/Tuck Gallery Toronto
Art with Heart Casey House benefit auction Leo Kamen and Wynick/Tuck Galleries Toronto
1999 Informal Ideas 99.1:(Preview ’99) Wynick/Tuck Gallery Toronto
Art 1999 Chicago, Seventh Annual Exposition of International Galleries of Contemporary Art Chicago, USA
Toronto: Under 40 Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto
TSA 30th Anniversary faculty show Art Gallery at Harbourfront Toronto
Art with Heart Casey House benefit auction Leo Kamen and Wynick/Tuck Galleries Toronto
Translinear - touring group exhibition McMaster Museum of Art Hamilton, Ontario
2000 Translinear - touring group exhibition Mendel Art Gallery Saskatoon
Translinear - touring group exhibition Tom Thomson Gallery Owen Sound, Ontario
2001 Paintings Painted Platform Gallery London, UK
Bra Joe from Kilimanjaro University of Queensland Art Museum Brisbane, Australia
2002 Whodunit? Ontario College of Art & Design fundraising auction Toronto
Letters for Literacy Hart House, University of Toronto Toronto
2003 Advent Halde Galerie Zurich Switzerland
Art with Heart Casey House benefit auction Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto
Whodunit? Ontario College of Art & Design fundraising auction Toronto
Motherlode (curated by Gretchen Sankey) Women's Art Resource Centre Toronto
2004 Advent Halde Galerie Zurich Switzerland
informal ideas 04-01: (warm) Wynick/Tuck Gallery Toronto
informal ideas 04-02: landscape Wynick/Tuck Gallery Toronto
Death in the Studio: Studio Death Snapshots book project by Hannes Priesch + Niki Lederer Book launch Vienna, NYC and Toront
2005 Advent Halde Galerie Widen, Switzerland
Whodunit? Ontario College of Art & Design fundraising auction Toronto
informal ideas 04:05, (please press landscape) Wynick/Tuck Gallery Toronto
Crossing the Line The Painting Center New York
2006 you don't wanna miss that shit (curated by Katherine Mulherin) Gladstone Hotel Toronto
Collins Waldburger White: Wax Minarovich Gallery, Elora Centre for the Arts Ontario
OCAD Drawing and Painting Endowment Collection 2006 Great Hall, Ontario College of Art & Design Toronto
Whodunit? Ontario College of Art & Design fundraising auction Toronto
Pulse: Abstract Painting and Film (curated by Ingrid Jenkner and Barbara Sternberg) Mount St Vincent University Gallery
2007 Ann Thinghuus and Nicole Collins Halde Galerie Widen, Switzerland
Hot Wax The Rooms St. John's, Newfoundland
2008 House Lights Left Bright (curated by Stacey Sproule) 1478 Dundas W Toronto
Monkey's Paw Shelf Label Project (curated by Keri Reid and Stephen Fowler) Monkey's Paw Bookstore Toronto
Lightening Strikes Twice Xpace Gallery Toronto
MVS Open Studio University of Toronto Toronto
Pulse 2: Film and Painting After the Image curated by Barbara Sternberg Wynick/Tuck Gallery Toronto
2009 start Profs, work by professors from art institutions across Canada Studio 21 Halifax
MVS Graduate Exhibition University of Toronto Art Centre Toronto

Source

Awards

References

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  2. ↑ "Nicole Collins." General Hardware Contemporary. 2015
  3. 1 2 3 "Nicole Collins". OCAD University. Ontario College of Art and Design University. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Nadja Sayer (2008-11-18). "Battle of the Ages - at a campus near you". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Canada. p. 56.
  5. ↑ "Coming events". At Guelph (Vol.33 No. 1 ed.). insert: University of Guelph. 1989-01-25. p. 7.
  6. ↑ Whyte, Murray (15 November 2013). "Art at 26: Two Toronto artists help make art around the hearth". The Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  7. ↑ Murray Whyte (2013-11-16). "Gallery a haven for unconventional artists". The Toronto Star. Toronto, Canada. p. 42.
  8. ↑ "Opening shows". The Toronto Star. Toronto. 2001-11-01. p. 126.
  9. ↑ "Nicole Collins". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Canada. 2003-10-25. p. 144.
  10. ↑ "Ihr KunstpARTner | Halde Galerie". Archived from the original on 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  11. ↑ Gary Michael Dault (2006-10-13). "Exhibit A Different Strokes". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Canada. p. 97.
  12. ↑ "Nicole Collins: Furthest Boundless | Koffler Centre of the Arts". Archived from the original on 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  13. 1 2 "CCCA Artist Profile: Nicole Collins Curriculum Vitae". The Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art. The Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "Decorators to the poor and unknown". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Canada. 1991-11-15. p. 50.
  15. ↑ Diana Geddes (1992-05-24). "Canadian art on display at Paris show". The Toronto Star. Toronto. p. 54.
  16. ↑ Kate Taylor (1992-06-19). "Here we go round the 'Roundup". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Canada. p. 45.
  17. ↑ "Merging XVI". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Canada. 1994-02-05. p. 53.
  18. ↑ "Galleries". The Toronto Star. Toronto. 1996-12-26. p. 54.
  19. ↑ Betty Ann Jordan (1997-08-09). "Existential Nausea". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Canada. p. 44.
  20. ↑ Betty Ann Jordan (1997-12-06). "Deck the walls". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Canada. p. 66.
  21. ↑ "The artists whodunit". National Post. Toronto. 2002-12-07. p. 98.
  22. ↑ "Letters for Literacy". The Toronto Star. Toronto. 2002-04-08. p. 56.
  23. ↑ "Angela Leach". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Canada. 2004-02-07. p. 121.
  24. ↑ "Galleries". The Toronto Star. Toronto. 2009-04-09. p. 42.